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VIDEO NEWS STORIES FOR MARCH 21ST OF YEARS PAST


MARCH 21, 2010
NORTHPARK CRASH
Shortly after 9pm Sunday night Porter Fire Department was dispatched to a major accident on Northpark at Loop 494.
On arrival, they found two vehicles against a traffic light pole on the northeast corner of the intersection.
The driver David Goolsby age 52 of Conroe who was the driver of the black Ford F150 was trapped and in critical condition. His two female and one male passenger were also in critical condition and trapped.
Rescue workers worked to free them and stabilize them on the scene before loading three of them on two Lifeflight Helicopters and transporting the other by ground to Hermann Hospital.
According to DPS officials, the white Toyota was eastbound on Northpark approaching Loop 494 at a high rate of speed.
Goolsby was northbound on Loop 494. Sayre, driving the Toyota failed to stop for the red light and struck Goolsby on the left front pushing it into the ditch also.
Mary Ann Sayre, age 28, of Kingwood was in serious condition with back, rib and facial injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to Hermann Hospital.


MARCH 21, 2013
LONGORIA LIFE FOR MAGNOLIA MURDER
Daniel Frank Longoria Jr., 43 of 30711 Meadow Edge in Magnolia was handed down a Life Sentence Thursday by a jury in the 221st District Court. The trial which started on Monday ended Thursday just before noon. After fifteen minutes the jury returned a guilty verdict. Another twenty-five minutes and he was given life.

Longoria has a long history spanning over many years. On April 20, 1990, he was arrested after a road rage incident. In that case, Shannon Dossett, was driving when Longoria started running into the rear of his vehicle. When Dossett got out of his vehicle Longoria stabbed him. Dossett then got back in his vehicle and drove to a well-lit convenience store for help. Longoria followed. As Dossett attempted to enter the store the clerk, seeing the blood on him, locked the doors. Dossett continued to knock to gain entry. That is when Longoria, using his vehicle slammed into Dossett pushing him through the glass windows of the storefront and severely injuring him when a wall fell on him.

For that Longoria got ten years probation. In 1993 Longoria was arrested for DWI which caused his probation to be revoked. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.

That wasn’t enough for Longoria as in 1996 he did a drive-by shooting on Texarkana Street in Houston. There Phillip Salazar was shot twice. Once again Longoria was sent to prison for ten years for Aggravated Assault.

Out of prison again, n 2010 he stabbed Maria Gonzalez in Fort Bend County. While in the Fort Bend County Jail Longoria posted a bond and had a GPS leg monitor placed on him.

Then on May 13, 2012, Raymunda Zarate Jr., 43, of Magnolia was at Spring Creek Park for Mothers Day enjoying a family outing. A verbal confrontation started between Longoria and several of Zarate family members. It was learned the verbal exchange became very heated. The Zarate’s family indicated the disturbance was over the Longoria using profanity which offended some of them. The persons involved in the argument were separated from each other, but a second argument erupted and they all had to be separated a second time. The Zarate and his family decided to leave the park to avoid any further confrontation. The Zarate and his family arrived home in different vehicles within minutes of each other. Witnesses stated shortly after arriving home, they observed the Longoria’s vehicle passing by the front of their house and it eventually stopped. Another argument began between the Zarate and Longoria who then retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle and fired at least two times striking Zarate.


MARCH 21, 2013
MONTGOMERY SHATTERED LIVES
Montgomery High School Juniors and Seniors got a sobering dose of reality today when they participated in the Shattered Lives program on their campus.
First responder agencies, along with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students, collaborated to present a realistic scenario of what happens when teenagers make bad choices when behind the wheel of a vehicle.
“We see tragedies like this far too often, and this is one way we can show students what can really happen when they, or their friends, choose to drink, text or take part in other distracting behaviors while driving,” said Montgomery County Hospital District FTO and Shattered Lives Coordinator Brenna Jaszkowiak. “It’s more than just a sad internet or newspaper story; lives are completely changed when we lose a teenager to such a preventable situation.”
Jaszkowiak noted that so far in Texas this year, 436 people have been killed in alcohol-related deaths. The Shattered Lives of Montgomery County began in 1999, and its focus was educating students, and their parents, about the dangers of driving, while under the influence of alcohol. However, the program has evolved to encompass other behind-the-wheel dangers including texting and talking on cell phones.
In addition to MCHD, other responder agencies that participated in the event included: Montgomery Fire Department, Lake Conroe Fire Department, Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Conroe Regional Hospital, Texas Department of Public Safety, PHI Air Medical and Cashner Funeral Home.
Shattered Life is a two-day program that begins with students being selected as “victims” and is pulled from their classrooms to participate in the scenario. Once the scene is set, complete with mangled vehicles in a life-like situation, all students are brought to the designated area to experience the event, starting from the 911 call and ending with their fellow classmates being transported to the hospital via ambulance or helicopter or sent to the local “morgue”. The students who “caused” the accident are booked into jail. Then every fifteen minutes throughout the day, certain students are taken from their classrooms and marked as “dead” to represent the statistic that once every 15 minutes someone is affected by an alcohol-related incident.
With each program, the student who is intoxicated is transported to the Montgomery County Jail. However, due to the escape earlier in the week and the Sheriff’s Office putting all its resources into capturing the escapee, the jail was unavailable.
This is one of the most important phases of the program to allow the students to see the full ramification of their intoxicated driving. Just minutes before Thursday’s program started Sheriff Don Sowell of Grimes County offered his jail and personnel to bring reality back. Troopers transported the two intoxicated students to the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office in Anderson. Once there the booking deputies handled the students just as they would any other inmate.
Parental involvement is key to the program, as they are brought to the scene where their child has been identified as a “victim” in the scenario. Students who have “died” in the event spend the night away from home and return to school the next day to participate in an assembly that wraps up the program. The assembly includes speakers, some of which are students and parents. Counselors are on hand throughout the process to help students with the emotions they encounter as they come to grips with the realities of unsafe driving behaviors.
Each Shattered Lives program costs between $10,000 and $20,000 and the schools involved take part in fundraisers to cover costs. All staff time is donated by local agencies, organizations, and businesses. The next two programs are scheduled for April 16 and April 30. To learn more about supporting Shattered Lives or to make a donation, visit their website at www.shatteredlivesmc.com.


MARCH 21, 2015
FATAL CRASH I-45 AT RAYFORD
Just after 6 am Saturday morning Habib Almishkhas, 51 of Houston was driving his 2005 Lincoln southbound on Interstate 45 crossing Rayford Road. His passenger Sawsan Almilad, 46, also of Houston were heading to the Texas Medical Center after a trip to Oklahoma. In front of them were two family members in another vehicle. As they topped Rayford Road an unknown white or silver pickup truck struck their vehicle causing it to lose control and hit the outside concrete barrier. The Lincoln then slid into the center lane of the freeway facing where it came to rest.

Craig Baxter, age 30, a Houston County Deputy living in Conroe was southbound in his 2012 Buick Enclave. As he topped the hill in the rain and darkness he spotted the Lincoln in his lane and slammed into it pushing it further down the freeway.

The female of Lincoln was critically injured. Another vehicle that was southbound came upon the crash. Its driver a US Serviceman jumped out and started CPR on the female passenger of the Lincoln. Medics arrived and attempted to revive her also but she was deceased.

Baxter suffered minor injuries.

The two family members who had been in front of the Lincoln realized when they got into Houston that the other part of their family was no longer behind them, turned around and went looking for them. As they approached Rayford Road from the south they spotted the Lincoln. Parking on the outside shoulder they ran across several moving lanes of northbound traffic only to learn from law enforcement on the scene that the had lost a family member.

As this crash was happening and traffic was being routed of the freeway another vehicle struck two vehicles almost 100 yards behind the crash. Deputies found the driver in possession of drugs and took him into custody. As a wrecker was moving that vehicle, Troopers returned to the investigation. As they were doing so a wrecker was loading the vehicle of the person arrested. It was then the passenger of that vehicle got into the driver’s seat and attempted to back it off the wrecker. He was arrested and taken to the Montgomery County Jail also.

Troopers are asking for the publics’ help in locating the pickup which is believed to be a four-wheel drive with large tires. It may have two or three occupants and may possibly have pulled over to check damage on the vehicle before fleeing. Anyone who may have seen this vehicle or the crash is asked to contact DPS in Conroe.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office was also on the scene assisting Troopers in the investigation.

The freeway was reopened just afternoon


MARCH 21, 2015
JAMES CONEY ISLAND FIRE
Just before 5am Houston Fire Department responded to a fire at James Coney Island at Meyerland Plaza. They arrived to find flames crawling up the side of the building and on the roof. The “E” on the James Coney was hanging down and appeared to have been the origin. There was minimal damage inside the building.


MARCH 21, 2016
FIRST DAY DBL INTOX MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
After picking a jury Monday morning the trial of Alejandro Guzman-Lopez started. Guzman is accused of being intoxicated on alcohol and drugs and then driving. As he traveled at a high rate of speed as he was northbound on US 59 just south of FM 2090. It was there he changed lanes and slammed into a Ford Explorer driven by Brad Frazier, 21 of Splendora. With him was his 21-year-old wife of five months Shea, and their two children age 2 years and 5 months. The impact caused the Frazier vehicle to flip multiple times.

Shawn Knight and his wife were northbound and saw the crash. He said the Guzman-Lopez’s car spun around several times after the impact. Knight stopped his car and got out as many others were doing. He instructed his wife to call 911. He then witnessed Guzman-Lopez get out of the vehicle and try to retrieve a cell phone. Lopez then ran to the Frazier vehicle, circled it and ran toward the open field. He was then tackled by another witness and held for police.

Knights wife can be heard on the 911 tape as she could be heard several times repeating, “Oh my God, oh my God”. That’s when she realized the Lopez took off running. Knight said others were running to the car but with the scene unfolding in front of him, he had no strength to approach the scene.

Raquel Arzola testified she was on the way home to Cleveland with her 13-year-old daughter after seeing a movie. She was in the right lane and saw Lopez approaching at a high rate of speed so she went to the middle lane just as he passed her. The next thing she saw was the Ford SUV flipping. She said she got out of her vehicle and started praying. She said it appeared to be a baby hanging out of the window covered in blood. She also witnessed Lopez run from the scene.

Jeffrey Bratton was leaving his Splendora home on the way to Archie’s in Splendora to buy groceries. He turned off Ipes Road onto the feeder of US 59 when he saw the crash he sped up to get to it. He first ran to the passenger side off the vehicle and said it looked like the female passenger was gone. He did cut her seatbelt off her to take the pressure off her chest. He then went around to the driver’s side. The children had already been removed from the car.

Brandon Brooks was also passing by and saw the crash. He ran to the car and peeled the rear door open to get the children out. His fiancé testified she had spent the day at Splashtown with her daughter and a friend when they saw the crash. Her fiancé Brandon handed her the child in the car safety seat. She said the infant was traumatized and not making a sound. That’s when she spotted a small dog in front of the vehicle which appeared to be injured as it was holding it’s the leg up and had blood on it. She realized it belonged to the family and handed the child the dog. Immediately the child perked up and started to cry as she held her puppy.

Ed Theirbach is a Paramedic with the Montgomery County Hospital District. He is also a pastor. Ed started his career in the Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller in Alaska. He moved to the area and has been a pastor for 33-years. After Rita and Ike and talking with firefighters he decided to become more involved. He said he could drive an ambulance or fire truck but beyond that didn’t know what to do. On his own imitative he went back to school and got his Paramedic Certificate.

Theirbach and his partner Sammy Hancock were working a 24-hour shift that day in Splendora just seconds from the crash scene. The y were dispatched at 7:08 pm and arrived at 7:12 pm. He first went to the passenger side and confirmed Shea Frazier was deceased. His partner went to the driver’s side where Brad was conscious but critical. Brad told Hancock, “I’m Brad and please take care of my babies.” They started to work on him as they waited for the Fire Department’s arrival to extricate them as they were trapped in the vehicle. When they finally removed Brad Frazier they got him in the ambulance and started to work with him. Frazier’s lung was punctured and his chest cavity filling up with air. After releasing the air they continued to work on him as he was conscious and talking but in pain. On the way to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston which is a Level One Trauma Center, Frazier went into a traumatic arrest. CPR was initiated and continued at the hospital but he passed away.

Brad Ward was a Paramedic Supervisor at MCHD Station 12 in Cut N Shoot. Due to the calls coming in they were also dispatched. Just as they arrived on the scene they were disregarded as Shea was deceased. Ward made the decision to stay on the scene and seconds later a witness came to him and asked if someone had looked at the children. This was the first he had heard children were involved and went to the children. Both were still strapped in the car seats with minor abrasions. He said the way the child seats were placed and sized was the main reason the children escaped serious injury. The fact that witnesses did not remove them from the seats was even better in that if they were injured it could have made it worse. Ward said he had to work on the toddler around the puppy. She would not let go of the puppy and the puppy would not let him remove it from the toddler. Eventually, since they were going to transport them to Memorial Hermann in Houston, the puppy had to be removed and it was given to a passerby who actually owned the dog and was a friend of the family. Ward said, had it been a local hospital he may have bent the rules a bit and transported the puppy with the child. He knew one of the nurses at one of the receiving hospitals would take care of it until someone could retrieve it.

Ward said the children just had abrasions but he was tasked with driving as his partner Lori, who had just returned from maternity leave would not part with the children in the back.

The trial continues Tuesday in Judge Michalk’s Court


MARCH 21, 2018
WILLIS WAUKEGAN CRASH
Just after noon Wednesday a female driver was northbound on Willis Waukegan at Champions Loop at a high rate of speed when she left the roadway. Her Ford Escape went to the ditch and traveled about 150-feet before striking a concrete culvert pipe. After striking the pipe her vehicle went airborne and came crashing down on the next concrete culvert pipe over 100-feet away. Her vehicle then began to flip, taking out a mailbox and landing on her wheels. The female driver was transported to the hospital in critical condition. She is now reported to be in stable condition. Willis Waukegan reopened just after 2:30 pm.


MARCH 21, 2016
FIRST DAY OF SPRING-HEMPSTEAD, TX


MARCH 21, 2019
NEW CANEY DOPE BUST
Just over 30 days ago Conroe Police raided a home on Mexican John and made a drug arrest. Late Thursday night, just a few houses down Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constables raided another home which has been under their eye for a period of time. Armed with a search warrant units moved into the mobile home in the 12800 block of Mexican John. There they arrested Jared Mize, 18, of 22094 Mission Canyon in Porter. He was charged with possession of marijuana. Also arrested was Adam Frame, 19 of 22992 David in New Caney, who was charged with possession of a controlled substance. Ariel Garza was charged with manufacture and delivery. Also was Joshua Camposano, 19, who resided at the location of the raid. He is a student at New Caney High School. He was charged with manufacture and delivery and money laundering. Deputies recovered over 800-pills f Xanax and Ecstasy along with $9,000 in cash and almost a pound of marijuana. This is not Camposano first brush with the law. He was arrested on January 14, 2018, for possession of Cocaine and was expected to be in court for a plea next month. Then on December 1, 2018, he was charged with evading after he ran from a DPS Trooper. He was out on a bond on both of these charges. He was due in court for a plea on that charge in April also.

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